New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	NZL
NOC:	New Zealand Olympic Committee external link
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	135
Officials	59
Flag Bearer	John Walker
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 8	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 11
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 with Australia as Australasia*
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The first paraplegic Olympian was an archer on the 1984 New Zealand team.

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Ian Ferguson — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Alan Thompson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000m Kayak Singles
Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Grant Bramwell and Paul MacDonald — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
Mark Todd — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
Rex Sellers and Chris Timms — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
Shane O'Brien, Les O'Connell, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Russell Coutts — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

[edit] Silver

Kevin Barry — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

Bruce Kendall — Sailing, Men's Windglider Individual Competition
Brett Hollister, Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Don Symonds and Ross Tong — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Archery

After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1980 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.

Women's Individual Competition:

Ann Shurrock - 2422 points (→ 24th place)
Neroli Fairhall - 2357 points (→ 35th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Dale Lightfoot - 2417 points (→ 34th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Rod Dixon — 2:12:57 (→ 10th place)
Derek Froude — 2:19:44 (→ 34th place)

Men's Competition

John Walker
Stephen Walsh
Tony Rogers
Peter Renner
Peter O'Donoghue
Mike O'Rourke
Peter Pearless

Women's Competition

Dianne Rodger
Mary O'Connor
Lorraine Moller
Anne Audain
Lyn Grime

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light-Heavyweight (81 kg):

Kevin Barry
1. First round — Beat Don Smith (Trinidad) on points 5-0
2. Second round — Beat Jonathan Kiriisa (Uganda) on points 3-2
3. Quarter Final — Beat Jean-Paul Nanga (Cameroon) on points 4-1
4. Semi Final — Beat Evander Holyfield (USA) after disqualification in round two
5. Final — Lost to Anton Josipovic (Yugoslavia) after concussion (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):

Michael Kenny
1. First round — Bye
2. Second round — Lost to Dodovic Owini (Uganda) after standing count in round two

[edit] Canoeing

Men's Flatwater Competition

Ian Ferguson
Robert Jenkinson
Paul MacDonald
Edwin Richards
Alan Thompson
Grant Bramwell

[edit] Cycling

Men's Track Competition

Murray Steele
Anthony Cuff
Graeme Miller
Craig Adair

Men's Road Competition

Roger Sumich
Brian Fowler
Stephen Cox

[edit] Diving

Women's Competition

Ann Fargher

Men's Competition

Mark Graham
Gary Lamb

[edit] Equestrian

Eventing Competition

Mary Hamilton
Mark Todd
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Bennie

Jumping Competition

John Cottle

[edit] Fencing

Men's Competition

Martin Brill
David Cocker

[edit] Gymnastics

Women's Rhythmic Competition

Tania Moss

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Pool B)

Pakistan - New Zealand 3-3

The Netherlands - New Zealand 3-1

Great Britain - New Zealand 1-0

New Zealand - Kenya 4-1

New Zealand - Canada 2-2
Classification Matches

5th-8th place: India - New Zealand 1-0

7th-8th place: New Zealand - Spain 1-0 (→ Seventh Place)
Team Roster